The Guide to the House of Lords, 2000 Available to Purchase

The House of Lords Act of 1999 removed the right of most hereditary peers to sit and vote in the House of Lords. Most, but not all. But whereas the previous edition of the guide listed 1,295 peers, of whom 759 were hereditary peers, this edition lists 670. Of these, 525 are life peers, created under the 1958 Life Peerages Act; 27 are life peers created as law lords under the 1876 Appellate Jurisdiction Act; 26 are Lords Spiritual; and 92 are hereditary peers as provided for under the 1999 Act. Before 1958, there were no women members of the...